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[wolive]

Hi,

I would like to process selected text using a hotkey. Is there any way to read selected text without first copying it to the clipboard. A typical example would be to select some text and press a hotkey which will then convert the selected text to upper or lower case.

Thanks
Wolive

[Chris]

If the selected text is in a compatible control (e.g. an Edit), you can do this:

ControlGet, RetrievedString, Selected,, Edit1, Untitled - Notepad

The above is an example for Notepad.

You can then use something like this to replace the selection:
StringUpper, RetrievedString, RetrievedString
Control, EditPaste, %RetrievedString%, Edit1, Untitled - Notepad

[wolive]

Much Appreciated.